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Dame Victoire Evelyn Patricia Paddy Bennett, 1921–2009 (aged 88 years)

Name
Dame Victoire Evelyn Patricia "Paddy" /Bennett/
Surname
Bennett
Given names
Dame Victoire Evelyn Patricia "Paddy"
Family with parents
father
Unique identifier: 3C28AB338A3FC84EBF257C7456C4010A1A9B
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mother
Birth: about 1882
Death: 18 June 1963 — Kensington district, London
Burial: Mount Gerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Unique identifier: 3C28AB338A3FC84EBF257C7456C4010A1A9B
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Edith Marion O'Shaughnessy
1882–1963
Birth: about 1882
Death: 18 June 1963 — Kensington district, London
herself
Birth: 11 October 1921 39 — Claridge's, London
Death: 16 December 2009
Burial: St. Mary the Boltons, Brompton, London
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Dame Victoire Evelyn Patricia Paddy Bennett
1921–2009
Birth: 11 October 1921 39 — Claridge's, London
Death: 16 December 2009
Family with Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale C.B.E.
husband
Birth: 8 June 1915 48 — Westbourne district, Sussex
Death: 21 July 2004 — Kensington and Chelsea district, London
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Sir Julian Errington Ridsdale C.B.E.
1915–2004
Birth: 8 June 1915 48 — Westbourne district, Sussex
Death: 21 July 2004 — Kensington and Chelsea district, London
herself
Birth: 11 October 1921 39 — Claridge's, London
Death: 16 December 2009
Burial: St. Mary the Boltons, Brompton, London
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Dame Victoire Evelyn Patricia Paddy Bennett
1921–2009
Birth: 11 October 1921 39 — Claridge's, London
Death: 16 December 2009
daughter
Penelope Ridsdale
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Note

Personal secretary to Ian Fleming during World War II and, assisted Fleming with counter-intelligence operations, including the fictitious identity of a body washed up in Spain, on which the subsequent film "The Man Who Never Was " was based. Believed to be the model for Miss Moneypenny, secretary to "M", James Bond's boss. Appointed Dame of the British Empire in 1991, ten years after her husband's knighthood.